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  1. Apr 10, 2024 · Pope Francis greets bishops during the weekly general audience at St. Peter’s Square in Vatican City on April 10, 2024. Massimo Valicchia/NurPhoto via Getty Images

  2. Apr 25, 2019 · The Vatican City State was born to bring to the Holy See ‘the absolute and visible independence’ and to guarantee ‘an indisputable sovereignty in the international matters’, as indicated in the preamble of the Treaty, and therefore with instrumental function compared to the mission of the Holy See (the Treaty between the Holy See and ...

  3. Aug 19, 2023 · Origins of the Vatican City Pilgrimage. The tradition of pilgrimage to the Vatican City dates back to the early days of Christianity. Pilgrims from all corners of the world have journeyed to this holy site to connect with their faith, venerate saints, and seek blessings from the highest spiritual authority—the Pope. From the time of the early ...

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  5. Apr 1, 2016 · By Jackie Snow. April 01, 2016. • 3 min read. Rome, the Eternal City, is home to Vatican City, the 109-acre city-state run by the Catholic Church and the seat of Roman Catholicism. At St. Peter ...

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  6. Jan 20, 2024 · The Holy See is a notion that refers to the seat of the Bishop of Rome. The Bishop of Rome is the Pope, who, as the primus inter pares of all the (more than 5,000) bishops in the world, exercises the highest authority in the Church. The Holy See is the central administration of the Roman Catholic Church.

  7. Sep 3, 2021 · Vatican City is an independent city-state, "smaller than Central Park," as Gaetan puts it, while the Holy See is a global entity that reaches wherever its more than 1.2 billion faithful are.

  8. Jul 18, 2012 · The Vatican City State was founded as a separate sovereign State by the Lateran Pacts signed between the Holy See and Italy on February 11, 1929. Pursuant to these treaties and to international law, the Vatican City State, the Holy See, and Italy are different entities and the relationships between them are multiple and complex.